ABU DHABI, June 23 (Reuters) - State-owned fund Aabar
AABAR.AD has always stood out for its rapid growth and
high-profile purchases but the world's only listed sovereign
wealth fund is now making investors nervous with its plans to go
private.

Aabar, majority-owned by the government of Abu Dhabi,
shocked investors on Monday when it announced it was considering
delisting from the Abu-Dhabi bourse and converting to a private
joint stock company. [ID:nWEA6884]

Aabar thus would move from being one of the most transparent
sovereign funds, most of whom operate in complete secrecy, back
into the shadows and become the first delisting of a local firm
from the Abu Dhabi bourse.
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